As a pretty popular manga/anime during the childhood of the original F-Zero devs, it probably had at least some influence. IMO the wacky looking characters feel somewhat inspired by it, but as another user stated Judge Dredd (comics) were the most obvious influence
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And no, I don’t mean the pose
I don’t see it.
Now Judge Dredd, I’d say 100%
As a pretty popular manga/anime during the childhood of the original F-Zero devs, it probably had at least some influence. IMO the wacky looking characters feel somewhat inspired by it, but as another user stated Judge Dredd (comics) were the most obvious influence